Receptacle



Oct. 8, 19 29. PASSMAN I 1,730,743

RECEPTACLE Filed D80. 10, 1928 'INVENTOR. MOEQ/S B iss/WIN A TTORNE 2 Patented Get. 8, 1929 UNITED STATES arcs Fries REGEPTACLE Application filed December 10, 1928. Serial No. 325,054.

This invention relates to receptacles for receiving and housing dust-producing matter, such as ashes and powdered chemicals.

This application is in some respects a division of my application for receptacles filed concurrently with this one; and in other respects it is an improvement thereon, in that it can be manufactured at a lower cost.

The main object of this invention is to provide a receptacle embodying means to keep confined within the body of the receptacle the dust caused by the disturbance in the deposited mass, and to keep this dustfrom seeping out. Other objects, advantages, and fea tures will appear from the description here inafter given.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevation of the receptacle, with a portion shown broken away, showing the door with shovel held against it.

Figure 2 is a my invention.

Figure 3 is a partsectional plan of the receptacle.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary side elevation of a modification of my invention.

Referring to the drawings, the cover 1 fits the top of the body portion 2 of the receptacle, the said cover containing the laterally enclosed duct 3 which is open-ended at 4 and 5. Between the upright walls 6 and 7 of said duct is positioned the door 8, swingingly mounted at 9, and yieldably held, by spring r 10, against the stops 11 and 12 of the outside opening 4. p

The door 8 contains the outwardly projecting members 13 and 14; and when the door is swung open far enough, the shovel is emptied. When the shovel is withdrawn, the spring 10 will operate to close the door and hold it against the stops 11 and 12. In this way the dust caused by the disturbanceof the deposited mass within the receptacle is prevented from seeping out through the door.

fragmentary front view of The members 13 and 14 are placed near the sides of the door 8, the distance between these members and the amount of their proj ection from the door being sufficient to permit the material on the shovel to be deposited through the opening formed by the edge 15 of the shovel, the members 13 and 14, and the door 8.

Without the said projecting members the material on a fully laden shovel would come into contact with the door before it is fully opened, so that some of the said material would be forced over the edge of the shovel,- thereby defeating the purpose of this type of receptacle. The use of these members prevents contact of the door proper with the shovel and any of its material, until the ,actual depositing process begins.

In Figure 4 the door 16 is not suspended vertically in its normal position, but at an angle, due to the slope of the outside opening of the duct 17. In this design, which is a modification of my invention, if any of the material to be deposited is spilled on the door 16 before it isopened, it will slide down and be deposited with the rest of the mass, when the door is fully opened. In this design the use of a spring 18 is absolutely necessary, although in the design shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3 the spring 10 may be dispensed with, as the door 8 will swing down against the stops 11 and 12 due to its own weight.

The scope of this invention is not limited totheparticular forms herein described and shown in the drawings, as other and different mechanical forms can be embodied in my invention.

What I claim is:

1. In a receptacle of the class described an aperture normally kept closed by yieldable means co-acting with a horizontally mounted swinging door, said door being provided with two outwardly extending members po- 90 sitioned at the sides of said door and adapted for engagement with door-opening means.

2. A receptacle of the class described comprising a body portion and a cover in detachable engagement therewith, said cover having a laterally enclosed open-ended duet communicating with the interior of said body portion, said duct having two lateral upright walls between which is positioned a horizontally mounted swinging door yieldably held against the outside opening of said duet, the said door being provided with outwardly extending inembers'positioned at the sides of said door-and adapted for engagement with door-opening and shoveling means.

In testimony whereofI aifix my signature.

MORRIS PASSMAN. 

